gastrointestinal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɡæstɹəʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr)der. English gastro- English intestinal English gastrointestinal From gastro- + intestinal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
She has always struggled with her gastrointestinal health, and when she started to have symptoms similar to those of colorectal cancer, she called her primary care physician, who referred her to a gastroenterologist, who ordered a colonoscopy. She did not have cancer.
2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN:Avian pox viruses (Poxviridae), are chordopoxviruses that infect domestic and wild game birds including hawks, seagulls, parrots, canaries, pigeons, hawks and fowl, causing cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal lesions in their host [17 ].
2015 December 15, “Retroviral DNA Sequences as a Means for Determining Ancient Diets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Deriveds
neurogastrointestinal · nongastrointestinal · orogastrointestinal · gastrointestinal tract · gastrointestinally · extragastrointestinal
Translations (22)
ru желудочно-кише́чный (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · fi gastrointestinaalinen (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · ro gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · gl gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · ar مَعِدِيّ مَعَوِيّ (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · uk шлунко́во-кишкови́й (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · es gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · it gastrointestinale (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · cmn 胃肠 (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · ca gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · de Magen-Darm- (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · fi maha-suoli- (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · ms gastrousus (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · fr gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · pl żołądkowo-jelitowy (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · nl gastro-intestinaal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · el γαστρεντερικός (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · pt gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · id gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · cs gastrointestinální (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · cmn 肠胃 (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines) · sv gastrointestinal (of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines)